SIP: using %InstanceCode for pure virtual class

[James Jurack]

Thank you for that! I had somehow missed the annotations documentation entirely. I think perhaps /Abstract/ is the one I need in this case, but I seem to be on the right track now. Thanks again!


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From: Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
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To: James Jurack <James.Jurack at ametek.com>
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Subject: Re: SIP: using %InstanceCode for pure virtual class

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On 06/08/2021 21:12, James Jurack wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use SIP to wrap a pure virtual class. Since it does not
> have a callable constructor, it instead has a static factory function
> that returns an instance of a hidden subclass.
>
> From the docs, I've gathered that SIP provides %InstanceCode to cover
> this use case, but it appears it's not doing anything. My class is
> defined in my .sip file like so:
>
> class MyLib
> {
> %TypeHeaderCode
> #include <MyLib.h>
> %End
> %InstanceCode
>     sipCpp = ::MyLib::Create();
> %End
> };
>
> But there is no change in the CPP code that SIP generates, whether I
> include the %InstanceCode or not; it's still trying to call my class's
> constructor directly, and I can't find my call to Create() anywhere in
> the generated code.
>
> Am I misunderstanding how %InstanceCode is supposed to work?

You haven't told SIP that there are no default ctors. See...

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/sip/annotations.html*class-annotation-NoDefaultCtors__;Iw!!HKOSU0g!S_W52V65neQiX3WDsLXU8dQBvA-Cc2dMuk6Q22pZQx7TPxi1LAuV9jcjr8xYYQEPGWk$

Phil
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